hello to everyone i have a set of meopta meostars 7x42 great binos i like them but i am thinking of stepping up to a betterset of glass need some recomendations used mostly for hunting whitetails need every last bit of light gathering possible would like to stay in the 7 to 8x range and no larger than 45mm if possible price range of about 1200

I can't think of anything better, for under $1200. Unless you get like Nikon EDG Demo or something. Possibly you could spend a couple hundred bucks more and get the Swaro SLCs...whether they're better or not is debatable.

I personally think you're going to have to spend more than $1200 to get better quality than the Meoptas. Really, probably only the Big 4 and maybe some Kowa Genesis binos are going to be better. Also could try the Minox APOs, but even then you're looking at $1500.

I agree, Meoptas are pretty dang nice for the money. I bet you would have to double your money to get an easily noticeable improvement. I bet you will be hard pressed to find a bino any better for under $1200.

Lifetime warranty and excellent customer service don't mean a thing when your gun fails during a zombie attack.

My wife has 7x42 Meostars and I have 7x42 Swaro SLCs (not Neu but with the dielectric Swarobright prism coatings).Optically there are very minor differences but I couldn't say that one is better than the other.The 7x42 Zeiss Victory FL is a little brighter, has a wider FOV and less CA but the edge sharpness is worse than either the Meostar or SLC due to field curvature.

To get any sort of meaningful performance increase you may have to move to a larger model. Meopta binos are very good and even much more expensive glass from Zeiss and Leica will not have a huge edge over it. It will be a bit better, but not by much at all.

If you want a performance increase, consider a bigger bino like a quality 8x50 and 8x56. If you can live with the weight, it will also save you some money, since a Meopta 8x56 will likely outperform a Zeiss FL 7x42:

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